14 Mar 2025 17:01:00
This weekends Cup Final brings back terrible memories of last season and how that totally hapless serial loser Pochetino managed to lose us a Cup Final against a Liverpool under 18 side. So glad he is long gone from our great club.
14 Mar 2025 17:24:48
Dubai/ Anna
All I would say is that Poch got us to a final.
Rumours today, we are sounding out coaches to replace Maresca.
14 Mar 2025 18:40:13
My guess is the future of EM will be decided at the end of the season.
I would also be guessing but I would hope that we are always succession planning but I think EM will be our manager for next season.
14 Mar 2025 18:43:10
Bill, it was a tragic moment and defined the Pochetino era, a serial loser.
14 Mar 2025 21:34:25
Rumour has it Tom, we are already planning for a new coach come the end of the season.
15 Mar 2025 06:03:54
Bill, I also read that the club will pay huge for Carlo to come back. This is just my opinion, it ain’t happening and EM will still be our manager at the start of next season.
15 Mar 2025 06:44:31
The rumour you refer to is from a spanish outlet who quote that the club would like Carlo to come back. Twitter X nonsence I suspect.
I think you are correct Tom and Maresca will be our head coach next season. The sporting directors will also remain as by and large they are doing what the owners have asked them to do and that is recruit the best young talents in world football on long contracts and lower but heavily incentivized wages with a view that some will make it, some will not but will still have value and be moved on for profit and the odd one will be a real gem. As I said in my post the other day I really hope the missing links to the squad overhaul will be addressed in the summer to enable us to challenge for the title.
15 Mar 2025 08:03:23
Anna, no surprise that I agree with your post.
15 Mar 2025 10:03:07
Both, no surprise I don't agree.
I can see Maresca going, his boring style is already starting to turn the Bridge against him.
I can also see the SD"s going or at least one of them.
15 Mar 2025 13:53:07
I can't see maresca being at the helm next season honestly.
16 Mar 2025 08:55:41
Champions league qualification and he will be here. No champions league he will be gone, The football we play at the moment is quite dull unless done with pace.
The pace of the much derided Jackson is missed.
16 Mar 2025 14:30:22
Poch got us far further with far more injury problems in both domestic cup competitions plus European qualification of a kind with 6th place in league. Remains ti be seen whether Maresca will do better in the league this season after many more millions spent on improving a team that has finished well in last third or more of last season. Poch won French league and got Spurs of all teams to second places in ECL and EPL. Maresca won the Championship with the favourites.
I also think Maresca likely to be given another season with CFC as I thought Poch should have been given and it may be that he will have is beating Arsenal today. Thus far we haven't beaten a top team or even drawn with City or Liverpool with him though we did get creditable home draw v Arsenal.
Too early to tell for me whether Maresca the answer or not but like Tom have always wanted our appointed manager to succeed of course because I always want our team to and would also love some managerial continuity with this happening.
16 Mar 2025 15:58:46
Good job it’s not up to me.
16 Mar 2025 16:39:03
JBS, I haven’t got a clue what success looks like to our owners but I guess it’s a minimum of Champions League qualification this season. I have us finishing 3rd-5th and I remain hopeful.
I always want our managers to stay in there jobs because that should mean we are being successful.
16 Mar 2025 18:13:08
We're agreed on much Tom though I stick to my 5th to 9th. though if we finish 5th then we've agreed on that!
16 Mar 2025 20:34:33
JBS, other teams are working hard to ensure we finish in the top 5.
17 Mar 2025 10:13:15
And Leicester Maresca, is working hard to make sure we don't, Tom.
17 Mar 2025 12:53:03
Time will tell Bill.